Hi there,
My name is Nico Tando Trunz and I have been treating my Leaky Gut syndrome for the past 6 months. In the past month I have been using up to 13 billion probiotics before meals, taking HCL in water for improved food breakdown and have also been taking Vitamin D3, Omega 3, Vitamin C and Folate all to improve absorption.
What I would like to know is whether Quercetin can cure food sensitivities in the long term and whether it would be recommended to supplement with Quercitin during the treatment of Leaky gut Syndromes ?
I think 'yes'. Please go through the following RG links.
Article Quercetin and Its Anti-Allergic Immune Response
Because Quercetin has a strong anti-inflammatory and analgesic effect, strengthens blood vessels, reduces or prevents the occurrence of allergic reactions, it can potentially be used in this case. In my opinion it is necessary to test the course and evaluate the reaction of the body, and then draw conclusions. The dose must be selected individually. In our country (Ukraine) we have Quercetin as medications with indications:
to prevent erosive and ulcerative lesions of the upper gastrointestinal tract caused by taking NSAIDs;
local radiation lesions after RX- and gamma-radiation therapy and prevention;
periodontal disease, erosive and ulcerative diseases of the oral mucosa.
We successful use in clinical practice.
http://compendium.com.ua/dec/260462
Studies on Quercetin and intestinal permeability (Leaky Gut Syndrome) is very meager. One that I run across was a lab study showing that Quercetin enhances intestinal barrier function. This means it could potentially improve symptoms associated with intestinal permeability. However, this does not provide any conclusive evidence that taking quercetin will cure food sensitivities associated with leaky gut. In case you are interested to check on the research mentioned, here is the link: http://jn.nutrition.org/content/139/5/965.full
Quercetin may perhaps be relevant to IgE mediated food allergy, but I think it is contraindicated in food sensitivity and leaky gut. Sulphate is required to attach to glycosaminoglycans for gut integrity. It is antihistamine. It attaches to amines and phenols to detoxify them. We found people with IBS and food and chemical sensitivity have a very high cysteine:sulphate ratio, meaning that they are inefficient at converting cysteine to sulphate. Overloading them with phenols like quercetin, and with amines, is counterproductive. Often their food sensitivities are to phenols and amines, because they do not make enough sulphate to deal with them.
Repairing a leaky gut can be done with butter, to provide butyric acid, coconut oil to provide myristic and lauric acids, and Epsom salt baths to provide sulphate. N-acetyl glucosamine may also be helpful, and mushrooms as a source of this. Supplement when necessary vitamins B2 and B5, omega three fatty acids and molybdenum, to increase sulphate production. Avoid high lectin foods, like bran, wholemeal bread and whole pulses, which may contribute to leaky gut. If you eat bread, then only use white sourdough bread. Yes, do use good quality probiotics. Quality is more important than quantity. Avoid common sugars, including those in milk, which feed unwanted microorganisms in the gut.
It has been suggested that the high rate of stomach cancer in Japan may be to do with high levels of quercetin in bracken fern.
We give more detail on sulphate in
Moss M, Waring RH. The Plasma Cysteine/Sulphate Ratio: a Possible Clinical Biomarker. J Nutr Env Med 2003; 13(4): 215-229.
I thank everybody for their contributions to this question,it means alot to me.
A question for Margaret Moss: Would it then be counterproductive to consume White Basmati Rice when diagnosed with intestinal permeability?
Most of my food sensitive patients tolerate white basmati rice. Try it.
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